Transcription: The third largest continent, North America, extends from Canada in the north through the republics of Central America and the Caribbean in the south. The continent features many distinct landscapes, including soaring mountains, dense rainforests, fertile plains, vast deserts, and important rivers such as the Great Mississippi. Economic development varies widely across North America. While there is much material wealth in large such as the United States and Canada, Mexico and much of Central America and the Caribbean are far less prosperous. North America was settled by Indians who arrived from ...